Sweeton secures easy victory

Sweeton started with a bang breaking Shah twice to take a 4-0 lead in the first set

Pune: Sixth seeded Abinava Sweeton hardly broke a sweat to beat Shubhangee Laxmi Shah of Nepal in the second round of the MSLTA KPIT Arun Wakankar Memorial ATF Asian Under- 14 Series Tennis Tournament at MSLTA School of Tennis in Balewadi Tuesday.

Sweeton started with a bang breaking Shah twice to take a 4-0 lead in the first set.

Shah who was not able to control the ball on the court earlier managed to hold her serve in the fifth game to make it 5-1. In the sixth game, Sweeton held her serve to take the first set 6-1. Nothing much changed in the second set as Sweeton kept playing wide winners and wrapped up the second set 6-1 to enter the quarter-finals.

In the boys section, fifth seeded Daksh Agarwal struggled before scoring a 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 win over Joshua Eapen. Omaansh Saharia rallied from one set down to survive against Ashwin Manikandan 4-6, 7-5, 6-2. Top seeded Shivam Kadam staved off a challenge from Siddharth Marathe 6-7 (4-7), 6-2, 6-0 to make it to the last eight stage.

Wildcard winners
Wildcard entrants Ruma Gaikaiwari and Saina Deshpande knocked out seeds to advance into the last eight.